The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-27

Sylva H~ald = One more tally for
Jackson @county's mineral resources.
A very fine grained and pure article OF
Terra Gotta has been found, in this
county, very convenient and not far
from the railroad. It. is Of "a light
beautiful mahogany color, readily re-
ceivesa high polish from the. hand,
and seems to be in unlimited quaint
Iies: a. : = d11I &.
Rockingham Rocket: About IL
o'clock. on Saturday last Mr.. H: G.
Dockery's gin house, located on his
Dockery plantation, caught fire from
the engine and was consumed with
two gins, Is bates of cotton and alarge
Quantity of cotton seed. Attached by
the same. machenery, is a saw-mill
which, together with the engine,
escaped damage; but mr., Dockery's
loss, as it is, is about twenty-one hun
dred dollars. No insurance. q
- Roxsboro. News:, George, the little
two year-old son of Mr.. Sol. O'Briant
near Asheville, met with quite, q:
serious accident one day last week.
The child while playing in the yard
went to the, horse lot and was there
seized by a spiteful mule, which bit:
and paved the little fellow consider
ably. The schild's collar bone was
broken and several flesh wounds about
the head and body we're the injuries
received. He is in quite a critical con-
dition, but, however, we hope he will
recover. r "
Franklinton Dispatch: MI. R. T.
Holden, with the assistance of
mule, a sixteen-year-old boy and five
dollars in day labor, has made
this year forty barrels of corn, sixty
five bushels of wheat, two large
stacks of oats, a large quantity of peas
and potatoes, has had ginned eleven
bales of cotton averaging four hundred
and seventy-fve pounds each and will
get about four bales more. In addi-
ton to this he has had a good garden.
This will pass for good farming if we
are any judge.
Greenville Reflector: Our county
came off with the honors at Hender-
sons big tobacco break last Friday.
G. F. Evans, of this township had
his crop there and it was the finest to-
bacco on the floor. He took the first
prize which vas a nice wagon. His
crop fromtwo acres brought $780,
Fred Cox tells us some cotton was
carried to his gin last week, and upon
examination the lint was found to con-
tain quantities of small, black worms
about an inch in length. They ap-
peared to be eating the lint. Who has
seen any wormy cotton before?
Roanoke Mews:: The New York
syndicate that purchased the large
tract Of land in Dare and Tyrrell coun-
ties, are preparing to erect mills and
manufacture lumber on extensive scale.
Elizabeth City, we understand is to be
their central shipping point.--One
of the most diabolical deeds ever COM
mitted in this country was perpetrated
about eight miles west of Mt Olive
the night of the 18th, resulting in
instant death of Mr.. Robert Padget.
was sitting by his humble ireside
when some unknown rascal poked a
shot gun through a crack in the door
and discharged the contents at his
head. About a dozen buck shot en-
tered his head causing instant death.
No clue as to who the murderer is.
Durham Recorder: Judge Shepherd
at this term of the court made an or
der for county commissioners to work
all the prisoners convicted in this
county on the public roads. AS a large
number are sent every court to the
penitentiary this will now give the
county the right to work them upon
the public roads. Some will have to
work as high as five or six years. or
perhaps1onger. With the large num-
Der convicted it will put a stroug force
on the road. With a good overseer
the@roads should be put in splendid
condition.-The "Enterprise and
Trust Company" was organized yes
terday with a capital stock of fifty
thousand dollars. The company has
purchased two. hundred and twenty
acres of land just outside the southern
limits of Durham, extending almost
the entire length of the town, andthey
will open up some valuable building
lots conveniently located. The stock